There are many other monkey heroes and trickster characters in mythologies throughout Asia and many of those stories are related to Hanuman.TITLE: It's Time To Pull Off The Impossible
The story depicted here is one of his most famous adventures. During a battle, his comrade Lakshmana was injured and the only remedy came from a specific medicinal plant which grew on a mountain in the Himalayas. Being the strongest and fastest in the group, Hanuman was charged with the task of traveling thousands of miles to this mountain to retrieve it.
When he arrived, he discovered that many different plants grew there and not knowing which was the right plant, he lifted the entire mountain and carried it all the way across India to the place where Lakshmana was dying.
I love this story. My wife and our team often say “Let’s pull off the impossible” when we take on big art projects and ambitious goals and I think of this story at those times.
I've always loved The Specials. I used to steal my sister's album and lock my door play 'A Message to Rudy' over and over and over... And now all these years later, I was somehow invited to do a poster for one of their shows.
Naturally, all I could think of was Black and White, Rude Boy, Checkers. I think all that goes without saying, but it sort of transformed from there and became what it is... Friends Emek and Shepard Fairey each made amazing posters as well for various shows.
This is intended to represent a vintage boxing promo poster. It was quite a different approach for me in that I drew very little, to keep it as authentic and realistic as possible. I wanted to depict Seth, Scott and Bob with serious game faces, juxtaposed next to Joe's big smile. Anyway, hope you dig it and good luck if interested in grabbing one!On sale now https://www.stateofshockstudios.com/store/
I had a wonderful time immersing myself in Rodrigo Y Gabriela's music last summer, meticulously laying down thousands of tiny dots to the intricate rhythms and melodies of their discography. The poster was masterfully printed by my partners over at Lady Lazarus and shipped off to the Hollywood Bowl to a sold out audience. However, my life sort of fell apart that same week, and I never released my copies. They've just been sitting in my flat files this whole time.Buy it at www.anonymousii.com
So... I am officially releasing them today, and I'm also raffling off a hand drawn original for all orders placed between now and midnight, May 23. The winner will be selected on Friday May 24. See my Instagram (@anonymousii) for details and process video on the hand-drawn original.
“In illustrating corals, I realized how much the forms and colors are reminiscent of the human circulatory system. It is easy to neglect taking notice of our heart's health when we are young and feeling invincible. It is only when we get older that we start to feel the effects of the things we have taken into our bodies throughout the years. We only decide to be proactive in taking better care of ourselves once it is too late. For the sake of our hearts and the oceans, the next generation is learning from past mistakes and starting to live consciously and with intention.”
"The Goldfish Girl was created almost a decade ago. I often revisit it, and she has been longest continuing character I've created. I often write back stories for these characters to help me create the pieces, but they are generally never shared with the viewer.Buy it at 1xRUN.com.
The Goldfish Girl was born in mainland China, and raised mostly by a single father. Her mother passed away when she was 18 months old from cancer. She was often very ill as a child, and was eventually diagnosed with a compromised immune system disorder, although a precise diagnosis was never given. This is the reason for always wearing the mask and gloves.
Her father bred Goldfish for a living and taught her that trade as a kid. They worked side by side and rarely had visitors because of her condition.
These images are vignettes of her life in Hong Kong. I've never given the character a name. Sometimes she is pictured with a boombox because music becomes a central companion to her mostly solitary life. In the piece Cacophony I wanted her to literally be surrounded by the city. In some way I think I tried to create a character that embodied a lot of traits I aspire to. To remind myself.” - Eddie Colla
"When I was asked to create this Bicycle Day print, I knew that I wanted to make something psychedelic, colorful and strong. I wanted to juxtapose different images that would relate to Jerry, Bicycle Day, and LSD. I illustrated Jerry as the main focal point surrounded by elements such as a bicycle, stripe patterns from his Cats Under The Stars album, the shapes created by the mind bending liquid light shows, a tiger in reference to his main guitar which is celebrating it’s 40th anniversary this year, roses and more. One last detail was that I imagined Jerry having an out of body experience on LSD, so I drew him up in the corner watching himself in the moment." - Gregg Gordon / GIGART.On sale Tuesday at 10am PDT at https://store.gigart.com/
